Theresa May pledges £5M for Grenfell Tower victims

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday promised that the government would make £5 million available for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Guardian reported.

"Everyone affected by this tragedy needs reassurance that the government is there for them at this terrible time — and that is what I am determined to provide," she said in a statement.

May announced the aid package to victims of the fire inside St. Clements church close to Grenfell Tower in west London. As she met with victims of the fire, angry protesters gathered outside the church waiting for her to come out and meet them.

"What are you doing here on Friday? I lost my home on Tuesday [the day of the fire]," a protester said to May, according to a reporter at Buzzfeed. "People lost their lives on Tuesday."

Another large group of protesters stormed the town hall of Kensington and Chelsea, the borough in which Grenfell Tower is located.

Officials on Friday increased the death toll from 17 to 30, with many of the missing still unaccounted for.